Garment-fastener.



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C. F. BACKMYER.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1915.

1, 182,069, I Patentd May 9, 1916.

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MYER, a citizenof. the United States and-a of Cook andfState of Illinois, have invented a certam new and useful Improvement in Garment-Fasteners; and 11 doahereby dew clarethat the following description of my said invention, takenin connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings,. forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates generally to im;

provements in garment fasteners, and it conslsts, essentially, in the novel and pecul iar combination of parts and details of con struction, as hereinafter firstfullyset forth and described and then pointed out in the claims. I

In the drawing already referred to, which it may be stated is enlarged to many times a life size forclearness of disclosure, Figure 1 is a plan of the eyemember of my invention. Fig, 2 is a cross section in line le-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is aplanof the stud member of my'invention. Fig. i. is a cross section in line 6-6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the two members in assembled together condition.

Like parts are indicated by corresponding,

characters or symbols of reference in all the figures of the drawing, 7

The aim of this invention isthe production of a fastener for the overlapping edges or seams of dresses, coats, waists and other garments in which the disadvantages of the flap or seam of the garment becomesIloos-H ened and presents an unsightly appearance.

Another result aimed at in my invention resides in the details of construction whereby the difliculty of hooking together, the

typical hooks and eyes is eliminated, and,

wherein a pull upon the fabric to enforce engagement of the. parts is avoided. Andyet another advantage aimed at in this inven-.

tion is to so construct the elements thereof that when the waist .or other garment to which this {fastener attached is being ironed. or passed through a wash wringer,

there will be notendency to distort the fas Patented litany 9,1916...

Application filed. February 26, 1915. Serial No.-10,715.

tener itself and destrcyits'usefulnessasis now the case with and eyes.

resident of the city of Chicago, in the county the usual typeof hooks outwardly projecting member B as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Pierced through the disk-like portion A of the member A is a semi-circular opening 8havinga substantially U-shaped notch 3, the wholefforming a so called keyhole slot. The center of thefiopening 3 aforesaid is locateda-way from the medial point, of the diskelike portion A toward the projection B, and it is nowto be noted that a line drawn medially'of-the width of the projec tion B will pass through the center of open 111g 8, through the center of the disk-like portion A. of themember A and m-edially of the width of the U-shaped notch 3* for purposes herein'aft'erdescribed.

The disk-like part A isstamped into a dome like curvature as at Z) and is provided with a marginal bead 5 for purposes of stiffness and also to provide a neatfinish; within the marginofthis, bead :and concentric therewith are provided a plurality of oblongapertures 6, throughwhich thread or similar media may be passed to fasten the member Ato the fabric to which it is to be applied. Surrounding the opening 3 and its notch 3, is formeda depressed annular bead 7 to impart a certain degree of stiffnessto the disk A, the materialfrom which said disk is made being only about 1-100 inchin thickness. The'projection B is; intended to be bent under the disk portion A. The materialfrom which the eye member A, constituting the disk A" and Portion B' is of a'springnature as for instance spring brass and the like, and it is therefore evidentthat when the portion B is bent back under the disk A, the free end of said portionlocated under the keyhole slot in the diskwill possess a certain degree of resiliency in a perpendicular direction. h

The stud member, constituting the compo? nent part of this invention is indicated as a whole, as E. It comprises a flat disk-like blank E, having a marginal'bead 17 andan.

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axial upstandin stud 20 possessed of an enlarged head 52 and a reduced neck 20*, there being formed on the underside of said en- 7 larged head an annular groove'53. Like the member A the blank E is provided witha clined' lip 50, to facilitate the entrance of the head 52 ofthe stud 20. The diameter of the opening 3 at the lower edge of said lip is sufficiently large to permit the passage of said head, and itis of decidedly larger diameter at the plane of the faceof the disk A,

so that should thehead 52 of the stud" 20 be not in precise register with the opening 3, theinclined lip O williquickly assist in placing the same in proper position. Depending from the end of the notch 3 is a lip or flange 51 against which presses (when the eye-member'A and stud member E are in unassembled condition) the upper face of the spring member B, as seen in Fig. 2. But,-when the head 52 of the stud is passed through the opening 3 and pressed against the spring member B, the free end of the latter is caused to assume a resistingly declined posi I tion, and, when the said head has been forced downwardly to anelevation below the lower edge of the lip 51, then the spring member B has acquired a sufiicient degree of declination that the angul'arity of contact of the head of the stud with the resisting spring member will en'force' a forward movement of the stud member, resulting in the entrance ofthe neck of the stud into the slot and the passage of the h'eadof said stud slightly beyond the periphery of the lip 51, atwhich time the" upwardpressure of the spring member B will cause up ardi'novement of the stud member E and the embracement of the lip" 51 by" the groove 53, under the enlarged head 520 f the stud 20, whereby the stud and eyemember are locked together in a manner By reference to Fig. 5 it will be noted that the, peripheries of the eye and stud members,

respectively, when assembled or lockedtO gether', are eccentrically disposedt'o eaclr other; When it is desired toseparate these members, the stud member is pressed downw'ardly' to release the grooved head thereof,

fronrtlre 111 451, after which pressure by the thumb and index finger is applied to the opposite edge of the said, members causing a backward movement of the stud. member until the stud thereon is in. register with the opening 3?,- w'hereon the pressure or the spring member B will eject said 7 stud through the said opening.

Assumi g now that the coactin'g members A and E have been attached to component- :quiring a number of replacements.

flaps of a dress or other garment and that it is desired to hook up the garment. All that necessary'isto place the headsof thest-uds 20 0f the successive stud members E in register with the openings 3 in the successive eye member A and press slightly on the dress flapto propel in succession the heads fasteners, no pulling or pushing of the dress" fabric isrequired; thus avoiding all danger of tearing dainty fabrics, yet at the same It is intended that these fasteners will be latted by the well knownprocess of barrel plaiting" so as to produce a neat finish in every respect.

Attention is directed to the fact that with the employment of the typical hooks and' eyes, whenever a dress or waist is ironed, the nose of the smoothing iron invariablyconta'cts with some of the hooks or eyes, which are flattened or distorted out of shape, re- With the use of this invention all-"such annoyances are avoided.

It is to be understood that the disk-like contour of the eye and the stud members,

and the concentrically arranged openings therethrough', and the domed shape of the eye member all perform essential functior'is in my invention. Thus the ci'rcularcontour leaves n'o'sharp angles or projections wherein a smoothing iron' can catchwhile ironing a garment, the concentrically arranged thread openings permit a uniform fastenln g of the fasteners to the garment at all points of the member and the dome shaped eye member is thoroughly protective of the spring member or portion B.

VVhile I have herein disclosed the pre; ferred method of practising my invention, I reserve the right to; make" such changes and: alterations as might occur to one skilled in the art or permitted under the doctrine of equivalents.

time the same fasteners are just; as efficient on heavier and coarser materials.

Having thusfully described my invention,

I claimas new and desire to secure tomyser by Letters Patent of the United states? r. Agarment fastener including a hollow, dome. shaped member possessing Interal ly formed spring lea-f bent back under said dome, said dome having opening der face of said head, said'headg being adapted for entrance through said opening and contact against said spring leaf, whereby upon the application of pressure upon said stud member, said leaf will be declined and I Y embracement of said flange by said groove.

2. A garment fastener including an eye member havlng a slot possessed of a dependlng flange at one end andterminatlng in an enlarged 0pening,'there being a depending lip partially surrounding said enlarged opening,,an integrally formed springleaf bent back from the margin of said eye member and extending beneath said openings, said leaf having a freeend adapted for enforced downward movement, and a stud member having an enlargedlhead possessed of a groove on its under side, and a reduced neck, adapted to project through said opening and to contact against said spring leaf, whereby the application of pressure to said stud member will create a declination of said spring leaf and an angularity of contact of said head with said declined leaf, enforcing a forward movement of said mem-,

her and the entrance of said reduced neck into said. slot, and likewise the embracement of said depending flange by said groove.

3. A garment stantially circular eye member formed integrally from a sheet metallic blank and hav ing a spring tongue bent back under said blank, said blank being provided with a slot, one end of which slot is rounded and possessed of a downwardly extending flange surrounding said rounded portion, said slot terminating in an enlarged opening, and a stud member including a circular base and a an upstanding stud with an enlarged head,

having an annular groove on the under side fastener including a subthereof, said tongue being adapted to press against said head and to enforce the projection of the lower edge of said flange into said groove,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- CHRISTOPHER F. BACKMYER.

In the presence of 'W. HARDING, WILLIAM O. STARK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for he cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ot latents.

. Washington, ID. c." 

